diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..791339b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.o
+*.pyc
+*~
+.*~
+
+
diff --git a/snippets/test1/.gitignore b/snippets/test1/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f71d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/test1/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+test1
+